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IN CONGRESSIONAL RALLS.
Daily Routine of Boil Houses oi tie
Fifty-Second Congress,
Measures Discussed and Bills Passed
By Our National Law-Makers.
THE SENATE.
In the senate, Tuesday, senator Har¬
ris reported the quarantine bill with the
appropriating clause omitted as a substi¬
tute for the quarantine and immigration Hill
bill passed by the house. Senator
objected to immediate action upon the
as he wished to examine it, and the
bill went over uutil Wednesday. The
senate then took up Mr. Chandler’s res¬
olution requesting the president to trans
• mit to the senate any convention he may
make of Hawaii, with and the Mr. provisional Candler discussed government it,
and moved reference of the rosolution
to the committee on foreign relations.
Mr. Dolph made a long statement
on the subject, giving details as to
the population, commerce, etc., of
the island, and favoring annexation.
Before he had concluded his speech
the anti-option bill was taken up.
At 3:15 o’clock discussion on the bill
closed and voting began. The first vote
was on the amendment offered by Mr.
Vilas to strike out of the George substi¬
tute the words “options and futures as
hereinbefore defined, are hereby declared
to be obstructions to, and restraint upon
commerce among the states, and with
foreign countries, and to be illegal and
void.” The vote was yeas 21, nays 50,
So the amendment was defeated. The
on Mr. George’s substi¬
tute, which proposed to declare the bus¬
iness of options and futures an obstacle
to and restraint upon commerce, and to
be illegal and void. It was rejected,
yeas 19, nays 5. The question was then
on the passage of the bill. Several other
amendments were presented, and all were
rejected, some without division. The
bHl was then passed, yeas 40, nays 29
Theiottification billwas then taken up.
Mr. Dolph took the floor and continued
the speech which he had begun in the
inorning on (he subj ect of the annexa¬
olHHawaiian isl ands. He yielded
the ffoot|temporarily to servicetfon permitTiotices Friday to
be giveirqf ^aemorial
at 2 o’clock p. m., for the lafiT Senator
Barbour of Virginia, and or Saturday at
4 o’clock for the late Representatives Ford of
Gamble, of South Dakota;
Michigan, and Stackhouse, of South
Carolina. Mr. Dolph then went on with
the reading of his speech. When he
closed the consideration of the fortifica¬
tion bill was proceeded with. No prog¬
ress, however, was made, and the senate
adjourned. Wednesday, the vice
In the senate, ,
president announced the appo intment of
Messrs. Teller, Ransom and McPherson
as a committee to.make the necessary
rangements for tne inauguration of the
president-elect on the 4th of March next.
Mr. Washburn moved that the senate
insist on its amendments to the anti-op¬
tion bill, and ask a conference with the
house. The motion was agreed to, and
Washburn, Mitchell and George
Here appointed conferees on the part
of the senate. The fortification
bill was then taken up. Mr. Teller
offered an amendment appropriat¬
ing $130,000 for testing the tweive
ioefe elevating gun carriage of N. II.
Emery. Agreed to. No other amend
ment was successful. The bill was then
passed, and the army appropriation bill
was taken up. Mr. Proctor moved an
amendment itmreasing the monthly pay
of first sergeaflts to $30, and sergeants to
$18 an increase of $8 and $1 respective¬
ly. and givfn? to both classes increased
payforl4§gth of service. amendment Agreed adopted. to.
The wasjhe only the
bill was then passed and Dis¬
trict of Columbia The appropriation item that bill
was takeu up. only
amendment provoked any opposition by the was commit¬ the
appropriations, reported directing the
tee on
district commissioners to obtain plans
and specifications for municipal buildings
to cost $500,000, on the reservation in
front of Center Market, on Pennsylvania
avenue. The amendment was allowed to
go over till Thursday without action.
Bills inflows: on the calendar were then passed as
House bill to authorize the
construction of a bridge across Mobile
9 ver by the Chicago, Mobile and Guif
Port Railway Company; extending for
three years the time to complete the con
stl^ction of a authorize bridge across the the construction Alabama
and to
of a bridge across Warrior river by the
Montgomery, Tuscaloosa and Memphis
Railway Company. After a short execu¬
tive session the senate adjourned.
In the senate, Thursday, Messrs. Hale
and Blackburn were appointed by the
vice president as tellers to assist in
counting in the electoral vote on the 8th
of February. The concu rrent resolution
from the legislature of Oregon requesting all
the senators from that state to use
honorable means to secure the annexa¬
tion of the Hawaiian island to the Uni¬
ted States was presented by Mr. Dolph,
and referred to the committee on foreign
relations. The resolution heretofore of¬
fered by Mr. Chandler negotiations requesting with the
president to enter into
the commissioners of the the provissionsl annexation
government of Hawaii for
of the Hawaii islands was, on Mr. Chan¬
dler’s motion, referred to the committee
on ^feign relations.
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the HOUSE.
In the house, Tuesday, on motion of
Mr, Wilson, from the committee on the
census, a resolution was adopted calling
an the secretary of the interior for io
/ofiaation as to whether manufacturers
BULLOCH TIMES.
VOL. I.
and refiners of sugar have refused to
answer questions propounded what to them by
census officials, and if so, steps
have been taken to compel them to
answer. The house then resumed, in
committee of the whole, consideration
of the sundry civil appropriation
bill. When the paragraph the making build¬
appropriation to continue
ing of the library of congress was
reached Mr. Enloe moved an amendment,
providing that the chief of engineers wil
award all contracts for material to the
lowest responsible bidder and preference
shall be given to home over foreign pro¬
ducts, when material of equally good
quality of home production is offered at
equal or lower prices. Mr. would Cogswell be
hoped that the amendment involved good
adopted, because it doctrines. such The
republican protective adopted. Bland
amendment was Mr.
gave notice that he would demand
in the house a yea and nay vote
on the amendment relative to marble
for the congressional library. It was
plain to him that the democratic house,
which was opposed to protection, should
not put itself up in favor of the Tennes¬
see marble and in opposition to Italian
marble. It was a protectionist gentleman proposi¬
tion. Mr. Enloe said that the
from Missouri had misinterpreted his
amendment. It did not contain any pro¬
vision for the use of Tennessee marble,
nor did it contain any principle of pro¬ the
tection. Its purpose was to put
American citizen on an equal footing
with foreigners.
In the house, Wednesday morning, in
pursuance of the terms of a concurrent
resolution, passed by *he house and sen¬
ate, making arrangements for the count¬
ing of the electoral vote, the speaker ap¬
pointed as tellers Chapman on the and part Lodge. of the
house Messrs.
Both are members of the ''ommittee on
the election of president and vice presi¬
dent. The house then went into a com¬
mittee of the whole for the further con¬
sideration of the sundry civil bill. The
pending question order was on the jurisdict¬
ional point of raised by Mr. But¬
ler, of Iowa, against the river and har¬
bor items of the bill. It was con¬
tended that the appropriations should
have been reported by the committee Mr. on
rivers and harbors; but, although
Holguin was the foremost of those who
made the contention against the power of
the committee of which he is chai rmaD,
that committee came out victorious, and
that item was decided to be a proper one,
and further than that, the item withstood
a fusilade of objections and came out
unscathed. The aggregate of the item
is sixteen millions. Without finally act¬
ing on the bill the house adjourned.
The house Thursday morning discuss¬
ed for a time the point of order that
amendments to the anti-option bill must
first be considered in committee of the
whole. The speaker then reserved hi9
decision upon the point of order until
Friday. Mr. Catchins, from the rules
committee, circulation reported the special order and for
the bank bill (Andrews
Cate silver repeal), giving notice that he
would call it up February 9. The anti¬
option bill, with the senate amendments,
having been laid before the house, Mr.
Hatch moved that the house non-concur
in the amendments and agree to the re¬
quest of the senate for a conference. Mr.
Bynum raised the point of order that
the amendments must be considered in
the committee of the whole. Mr. Cum¬
mings introduced a bill to provide for
and facilitate commercial and political
union between the United States of
America and the Dominion of Canada.
Consideration of the sundry civil appro¬
priation bill was then resumed. A num¬
ber of amendments were presented but
were defeated. The committee then
rose and reported the bill to the house.
The amendments—except those to which
opposition was made—were agreed to in
bulk. The Enloe amendment giving
preference to domestic marble over for¬
eign marble was lost. The bill then
passed, and at 5:10 o’clock the house ad¬
journed.
CAPITAL GOSSIP.
Mr. Mills’s credentials for his second
term day. were presented to the senate Tues¬
The senate committee Thursday morn
lng> by a unanimous vote, decided to
report the Norfolk and Western bill fa¬
vorably, but with two amendments.
There was a hubbub of extra session
talking in Washington Thursday. Don
Dickinsons’s expression that an extra
session might be called to repeal the
Sherman law was spread around with
amazing rapidity,
Tom Watson, of Georgia, introduced a
bill in the house Thursday providing for
an increase of the national currency and
to provide a method homestead for the land distribution laws and
of the same by
to provide for the payment of said loans
and for other purposes.
Senator Butler offered in the senate,
Thursday, an amendment to the naval
appropriation bill empowering the sec¬
retary of the navy to purchase for the
naval purposes certain plats of land ad¬
jacent to the United States naval station
at Port Royal, provided S. C., an appropriation of
$10,000 for this purpose.
A 3 a compromise Colonei settlement Livingston, of the sil¬
ver question, of
Georgia, has proposed that coined, all the bul¬ the
lion in the treasury be that
Sherman law be repealed and the gov¬
ernment forbidden to speculate in either
silver or gold, and that the owners of
silver bullion be allowed to have coined
free t^wo million dollars a month. The
compromise has been received with some
favor.
The nomination of Judge Jackson, a;
Lamar’s successor, came as a great sur¬
prise to the senators and was received
while the senate was in executive session.
There were no comments made on the
floor, but the republicans gathered about
STATESBORO, GA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY,9,1899.
in little groups and discussed ft. With
the exception of a few who think the
president should have appointed well a re¬
publican, the nomination was re¬
ceived. There will, it is said, be little,
if any, opposition to his confirmation.
Agricultural Appropriation Bill.
The house committee on agriculture
completed the agricultural appropriation agreed
bill Wednesday. The bill as upon
carries an appropriation of $3,189,800, a
reduction of $33,360 from the current
fiscal year, and $125,700 below the esti¬
mates. The total decrease from last
year’s appropriations is really $193,260
as the deficiency bill was passed inspection last year
appropriating $160,000 for the
of meat and live stock exported and for
an inquiry into the manufacture of sugaT.
An item of $10,000 proposed for experi¬
mental silk culture was rejected and no
provision was made for experiments in
rain-making.
How the VoieSlootl.
The following is the vote in detail on
the anti-option bill: Allison, Blackburn,Call,
Yeas—Messrs.
Chandler, Cockrell, Cullom, Davis, Du¬
bois, Faulkner, Felton, Frye, Gallinger,
Gordon, Hale, Hansbrougb, Hawley,
Higgins, Hunton, Irby, Kyle, McMillan,
Manderaon, Mitchell, Morgan, Morrill,
Peffer, Perkins, Squire, Pettigrew, Stockbridge, Proctor,
Sherman, Shoup, Voorbees, Walthall,
Teller, Turpie, and Wilson—40.
Washburn
Nays—Messrs. Berry, Blodgett, Butler,
Caffery, Cameron, Coke, Daniel, Dawes,
Dixon, Gibson, Gorman, Gray, Harris,
Hill, Hiscock, Hoar, Jones (Arkansas),
McPherson, Mills, Palmer, Platt, Pugh,
Ransom, Sawyer, Stewart, Vest, Vilas,
White and Wolcott—29.
Pairs were announced between Car
lise and Paddock, Aldrich and Quay,
Bate and Allen, Jones, of Nevada, and
Saunders, Pasco and Casev, Vance and
Warren.
Senator Gordon voted for the bill and
Senator Colquitt paired in favor of it.
The Texas senators both voted against
the bill as did the two Arkansas senators,
who were instructed by their legislature
to vote for it. Though the Missouri sen¬
ators were instructed by the legislature Senator of
that state to vote for the bill,
Vest made a statement. Though in¬
structed by his legislature to vote for the
bill he would" vote against it. Senator
Cockerell, however, voted for it. A
majority of the southern senators voted
against the bill.
Terms of the Anti-Option Bill.
The anti option bill as passed by the
senate, Tuesday, is the one passed by the
house of representatives on June 9th,
1892, with various senate amendments
thereto. The first section defines the
word options to mean a contract or agree¬
ment for the right or privilege to deliver
at a future time or within a designated
period any of the articles mentioned in
section three. The second section defines
futures to mean a contract or agreement
to sell and deliver at a future time or
within a designated period any of such
articles wbea the party «o contracting
was not the owner of such articles or had
not agreed for the right to their future
possession. The act, however, is not to
apply to any contract to supply national,
state or municipal governments with
any such articles, nor to contract by
farmers and planters for future de¬
livery, nor to agreements to pay or deliv
part of the product of land as a com¬
pensation for its use, or as compensation done
for work or labor done or to be on
same, nor to agreements with farmers or
planters to furnish such articles for use
or consumption—provided shall that such not con¬ be
tracts or agreements by board
made or settled for any of
trade or exchange. The third sec¬
tion specifies articles to which the
bill is to apply, as cotton—raw or
unmanufactured—hops, wheat, corn, oats, The
rye, barley, pork, lard and bacon.
fourth section imposes special taxes, as
follows: Dealers in options or futures
at $1,000, a year license fee and 5 cents
a pound on cotton, hops, pork, lard or
bacon and 20 cents a bushel on grain.
Sections five to fourteen relate to details
for enforcing the tax, and section fifteen
provides that the act shall take effect on
the 1st of July 1893. Tuesday af¬
The bill passed the senate
ternoon by a vote of 40 to 29. A score
or more of amendments were offered to
the bill as reported from the senate com¬
mittee on agriculture, but none were
adopted. The committee on agriculture materially
however had amended the bill
from the shape in which it came from the
house. Thus the bill goes back to the
house in an amended form, and must be
again acted upon by that body.
TO PREVENT RUMORS
Is the Purport of a Bill Before the
French Chamber of Deputies.
A Paris telegram says: At a meeting
of the cabinet Tuesday M. Bourgeois,
minister of justice, submitted a bill
which was prepared unfounded for the punishment of
persons c rcu uting financial rumors institu¬ re¬
garding the safety of
tion*, thereby ciusing people to with¬
draw their money from savings banks.
The bill is highly approved and will by be the brought mem¬
bers of the cabinet,
before the chamber of deputies at once,
the government demanding urgincy for
Its consideration.
A COMPRESS EXPLODES
And Thirteen Men Probably Killed,
Besides a number Badly Injured.
The Planters’ compress boilers at Vicks¬
burg, Miss., exploded at 11:30 o’clock
Thursday. The compress was torn to
pieces. Three men so far have been taken
out dead. Ten people are still in the
ruins. Seven men have been taken out
more or lees injured.
LAID TO REST.
Tie Hal Remains ol James a Blaine
Consigned to tie Toml
Amidst One of the Most Impressive
Public Demonstrations in His Honor.
A Washington special says: Mr.
Blaine could not have a private funeral.
Every effort was made to comply with
his own understood wishes, and with
the expressed desire of his family in
this regard, but the surging wave of pub¬
lic interest swept over the barriers im¬
posed and made his private funeral one
of the most impressive public demonstra¬
tions in honor of the dead. The most
eminent men in the nation stood around
his bier. The presence of the president
and cabinet, the justices of the supreme
court, senators and representatives and
diplomatic corps was not more waiting signifi¬
cant than the homage of the
crowds lined which, in respectful which silence, the fu¬
neral the streets passed. through
cortege
COVERED WITH FLOWERS.
The parlor on the second floor where
the body lay in its cedar casket, closely
sealed, fairly was embroidered with flo
al tributes. The casket rested on a huge
bed of roses, violets, palme leaves and
ferns, sent by Mrs. Emmons Blaine,
about nine feet long by four feet wide,
flowers artistically giving the combina¬
tion colors* and designs of an oriental
rug. The parlor was far too small for
the destinguished mourners who by invi¬
tation sought access to it.
president’s party.
The president entered, accompanied Hal¬
by Mrs. McKee, private Secretary vice
ford and Lieutenant Parker. The
president, accompanied by Mrs. and Miss
Morton, members of the cabinet and
their families and many other distin¬
guished people followed. The cere¬
monies at the house were grand in their
simplicity. tho
A few minutes after 11 mourners
entered and the president and all the dis¬
tinguished concourse rose to pay fitting
honor and sympathy to the sorrow of the
deceased statesman’s relatives. The fam¬
ily was followed by Rev. Dr. Hamlin, of
the Church of the Covenant, whd stand¬
ing beside the casket, in a low tone de¬
livered the Presbyterian prayer for the
departed, soul. He returned thanks to
ended God typ|itbz <$ilyPthat his power life of this immortality life was
a
might be begun. He beseeched the Al¬
mighty that comfort might come knavery
member of the stricken household, be
cAisc one that had gone out of this life
had gone to immortality. Let the conso¬
lation that comes from above fall tenderly
and sweetly upon them. Speak to them
words of comfort such as Thou alone can
teach. This we ask in the name of our
Savior. Amen.
THE MARCH TO TIIE CHl'kCH.
This completed the brief, impressive and
services, and the casket was closed
tenderly borne to the hearse. Solemnly
and ia silence the family and mourning
guests left the house which has been so
frequently invaded by the angel of death,
and the sad procession wended its way
slowly to the church. Outside the house
the street was thronged with spectators the
who reverently doffed their hats as
pall bearers deposited their sacred bur¬
den in the hearse, while the attendants
temporarily buried it under as many .low¬
ers as could be placed thereon. The cor¬
tege then started for the church.
A long line of carriages, in which were
the family and distinguished personages,
followed the hearse in regularly assigned
order. The Presbyterian Church of the
Covenant, where Mr. Blaine was a pew
holder, is a modern edifice, situated at
the corner of Connecticut avenue and N
street, opposite the British legation and
in the heart of the fashionable north¬
western section of the city.
Anticipating the tremendous pressure
for admission to the church, a squad of
police was sent there early in the morn¬
ing to surround the building with a cor¬
don of rope and to exclude all not spec¬
ially invited. The decorations at the
church were very rich and effective.
The relatives and pall bearers occupied main
the first eight rows of seats. In the
aisle behind them were seated the presi¬
dent, vice Crisp president, and members cabinet of officers, the
Speaker with their families. Inter¬ su¬
preme court
mixed with them were Baron Fa vs, dean
of the diplomatic corps, Sir Julian Paance
fote, British minister; the new Russian
minister, Prince Concatu:ene; represent¬
atives of the French, German and Span¬
ish legations and nearly all the ministers
from South and Central America as well
as many senators and representatives. the In
addition to those persons at house
among the senators were Sherman, Saw¬
yer. Carey, Yoorhees, Merrill,Washburn,
Peffer and Cockrell.
Five of the justices of the supreme
court, beaded by the venerable Justice
Field, arrived early. The others were
Justices Gray, Blatcbford, 3rown and
Shirsa. Chief Justice Fuller joined
them just before the services began. On
the left side of the church were the dele¬
gations from the state of Massachusetts,
from the Union Philadelphia, League clubs of New
York and and from various
points in Pennsylvania. Warner Miller,
Theodore Rosaevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge
and Ex-Representative Dunnell, of Min¬
nesota, were with these delegations.
exercises at the church.
It was exactly at 12 o’clock when slew
and solemn organ music announced the
arrival of the funeral party at the door of
the church. All present rose and remain¬
ed standing as the funeral party moved
down the aisle. Dr. Hamlin, the
pastor, walked at the bead of the mourn -
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era, holding in his hand the open book
containing the ritual of the Presbyterian
worship, and read as he advanced select¬
ions from the scriptures.
CONVEYED TO THE CEMETEItY.
When all were seated the deep peals of
the organ, and Dr. Hamlim, rising from
his place in the pulpit, began the church
services with the reading of selections
from scripture. Their reading finished,
prayer was offered by Dr. Hamlin. At
the close of the prayer the funeral pro¬
cession once more formed and the body
conveyed to Oak Hill cemetery and there
laid to rest
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The Industrial Developments Daring
The Week.
A review of the industrial situation in tha
South for the week past shows that there ia an
evident increase in the volume of industrial de¬
velopment. Six new cotton mills have been or*
gamzed during the week, one at Columbia 8.
C., with $750,000 capital, another Orangeburg, at Monroe,
La., with capitalized $250,000 capital, $100,000, one at and others at
a C., at
Florence, Ala., distillery Chickamauga has been and charterer Hartwell,
Oa. A $100,000 and five flouring mills, four al
Weatherford, Texas
cotton oil milk, three tanneries and seventeen
woodworking establishments have also been re¬
ported Fifty-three . industrifg established
tew were
or incorporated during the week, together with
6 enlargements of manufactories, and 14 im¬
portant new buildings. Among the new indus¬
tries reported for the week are brick works at
Houston, Texas; canning factories Oak at Tenn., Hender¬
son, N. C., Clarksville and Grove, a
$60,000 development company at Covington,
Ky., and a distillery at Fort Worth, Bladestan, Texas.
Flour and grist mills are reported at
Ky.. Maiden, N. C., Pikeville, Jonesboro and
Willette, Tenn., a fence company at Florence,
8. C., a machine shop at Rock Hill, 8. C„ and
oil mills at Beebe and Little Rock, Ark., Mem¬
phis. Tenn., and Cleburne, Texas.
Phosphate works are to be established at Al¬
bion, Bartow Shreveport, and Williston, La,, Bristol, Fla., and Tenn., tanner- and
ies at
Charleston, W. Va. The wood working pliusfts
of the week include band saw mills at Dyers
burg, Tenn., and Norfolk, Va., a furniture fac¬
tory at Jackson, Tenn., a lumber company shingle at
Charleston, S. C., and saw, planing and
mills at Renfro, Ala,, San Antonio, Fla., Kra¬
mer, G&., Benton, Ky., Ellisville, Miss., Pote
casi and Woodland, N. C., Glen Alpine, 8. C.,
Blue Spring and Dyersburg, Tenn., and
Churchville and Big be Stone built Gap, Cullman,Ala., Va.
Water works are to at
Aransas Pass, Cameron and Huntsville, Texas.
Among the enlargements reported mills are Union stove
works at Atlanta, Ga., cotton Ga., Henrietta at and
Springs, Ala., Augusta, Pleas¬
Salisbury, N. C., and stave works at Mt.
ant, Tenn.
The new buildings of the week include a
$500,000 court bouse at Fort Worth, Texas, Va,, and
one costing $75,000 at Parkersburg, W. an
opera house at Clinton, Tenn., and school build¬
ings at Knoxville, Tenn., and Plant City, Fla.
—Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
HEADING THEM OFF*
An Uncle of Hawaii’s Queen Reaches
Washington Ahead of Commission.
A Chicago special of Thursday says:
John M. Cleghorn, from San Francisco,
an uncle of Princess Kaiuliani, the heir
apparent to the Hiwaiian throne, stole a
march on the Hiwaiian commissioners,
who are on their way to Washington to
present the claims of the provisional gov¬
ernment.
As soon as the news of the revolt be¬
came kDown, Cleghorn packed his grip
and took the first train for Washington
with the result that he arrived
in Chicago forty-eight hours ahead
of the commissioners, and will reach
the capitol that much in advance of
them.
His purpose is to present the claims of
his niece to the United States govern¬
ment before the commission appointed
by the provisional government arrives at
the national brother capitol. of 8. Cleghorn,
He is a A.
whose deceased wife was the sister of the
deposed queen Lilinokalani, and whose
daughter, the heir apparent, is at a fash¬
ionable school in England. He will lay
before President Hwrisen the claims
of his neice. Princess Kaiulttni, and
will plead for the establishment of a
protectorate with the princess as queen.
TENNESSEE LEGISLATORS
investigating the “Snaps’ 5 Which the
State Officers Have Been Enjoying.
A Nashville, demand Tenn., sptciii reduction ways: The in
justice of Ihe for a
the fees of certain state tfficiils was
shown Tuesday when the joint commit¬
tee that had investigated the subject pre¬
sent d i*•» report in each bouse of the
legislature. r l his report showed that the
stale ircasnrer during the past two years
received $31,822, out of which .he had
paid $5,20(1 expense*, leaving him $26,-
662, or $13,311 per annum. The secre
taiy of state in 1891 received $5,146; in
1792 $5,769. 'the c moptroller received
in 1891 $6.872;in 1892 $6,299. During
these terms these officials received 2,600
fees us comm ssioners for refunding the
direct tax, which will not acruc to any
other official bereaftir.
HORRIBLE MINE DISASTER.
Over One Hundred Hen Lose Thier
Lives in an Explosion.
News comes from Buda PesSh, Hun¬
gary, of a fearful explosion which took
place in a coal mme at Todod, near Grau,
Friday morning. The cause of the dis¬
aster is a mystery. Fire broke out im¬
mediately after the explosion and is still
burning. About 150 men were in
the mine at the time of the explosion.
The shaft waa not impaired and The the cage bod¬
was sent down almost at once.
ies of nineteen men who had been killed
by the shock were found near the bot¬
tom of the shaft and brought up. The
rescuing party were unable to reach the
bottom. About 180 men are still In the
mine, and no doubt is entertained that
all are dead.
1 Cow Piai
Is the only Piano manufactured in the
<South, Buy it and keep your money at
home. Made and sold by
MILES & STIFF,
ATLANTA, GA.
THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH
Rotes ol Her Protress and Prosperity
Briefly Epitomized
And Important Happenings from Day
to Day Tersely Told.
A Knoxville, Tenn., Thursday special appoint¬ says:
Jackson Smith was on
ed permanent receiver of the Morristown
and Cumberland Gap railroad on the pe¬
tition of a majority of the stockholders.
A Dallas, Texas, special says the jury
in the case of Dr. R. H. Jones Thursday,
brought in a verdict of guilty, giving
him a life sentence. In October last at a
confederate reunion Dr. Jones killed W.
G. Veale.
Bills passed the North Carolina legis¬
lature Tuesday chartering four railways
—the Winston, Salem and Charleston,
the Burlington and Southwestern, the
Atlantic and Ohio, and the Virginia and
'North Carolina. ~
Seven deaconesses were ordained in
St.John’s Episcopal church at Mobile,
Ala., Thursday morning by Bishop P. H.
Wilmer in accordance with the new
canon of the Protestant Episcopal church.
They take service in the church home for
orphan boys and girls.
A Washington special says: In the
matter of the adjustment of the grant for
the Mobile and Girard Railroad Company
of Alabama, under the act of September
29, 1890, Secretary Noble, on Wednes¬
day,decided that the company is entitled
to lands only for the constructed portion
of the road between Girard and Troy,
amounting to 302,233 acres.
A Raleigh dispatch of Tuesday North says:
The agricultural department of
Carolina is in receipt of reports from the
wheat section of the state, which show
that winter wheat and oats look uncom¬
monly well. Snow has protected general' them
from the severe weather. The
outlook for all the crops is extremely fa¬
vorable and farmers are very hopeful.
A Washington special of Thursday says:
Robert 8. Sharp, of the Chattanooga di¬
vision, has been appointed inspector ia
charge of the Chattanooga division, em¬
bracing the states of Florida, South Ca¬
rolina, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee.
The appointment is said to. be a most
excellent on.e. Mr. Sharp is considered
One of the most skilled and competent
officers of the bureau of depredations.
The house judiciary committee, Tu<
day, ordered a favorable report on fcl
Benatc^rcsohitk^aujj^jJriziog from thYftpjnVpmtioB Lfif nirffii .
gust, cceds 1890. of the to public apply lands a portion to 'more of ufl$|9g "tSi
a
plete endowment and support, of the » L
ricultural and mechanical arts cotyeg* m t*
the state of Virginia. mieundersjlandfipr The legislature of
Virginia, through department, a adjpurnewv
with the interior
without giving the requirt d assent to tjio
act of 1890. *
In the Alabama senate,
staid Senator and Inger, sedate of body St. Clair, by offering startfeafrj fe j a.
r mj
resolution by which the proposition ameajflfoia
be submitted to the people of
article eight of the constitution by 1i|
addition of section eight to that artfc
This amendment proposes to give
general assembly the authority to
the suffrage to all women in the state
Alabama over the age of twenty-owl
years. The right to vote is limited t® .
municipal elections and to elections whiefe
are held involving the right to make, sell
or dispose of malt or spirituous liquors,
A Raleigh, N. C., special says: There
was a very important meeting, Thurs¬
day, of state officers, railway commis¬
sioners and legislative committees to pre¬ will
pare the most important bid which
come up at the present session of the leg¬
islature, It is to repeal acts wh : cb give
partial exemption from taxation to the
Cheraw and Salisbury, the North Caro¬
lina and the Wilmington and Weldon
railways. There will be a great fight
over this bill, but it is certain to pass, aSj
a decision has already been made that all
exemptions must be which removed. The will* to¬
tal of property on the state
get tax under the terms of this bill ia
$2,520,000.
the A Jeff meeting Davis of Monument the board association of directors wa» ofj
held at Richmond, Va., Wednesday.
The following resolution was adopted the r
“Resolved, That it is the «euse of
board'that the remains of President Da¬
vis be removed from New Orleans to
Richmond and re-enterred in Holiywoodi
on May 30th, Hollywood memorial day^
and that the president of the association
be authorized to appoint a committee of
five, of which he shall be chairman, to
consult with Mrs. Davis and the New
Orleans authorities, and to arrange all
other details necessary to make said re¬
moval and interment.”
The most disastrous fire that has vis¬
ited Huntsville, Ala., in forty years, oc¬
curred Thursday night. What was known
as the Struve block was totally destroyed.
The damage is estimated at $50,000:
The block was occupied with the law of¬
fices of Laurence Cooper, Ben P. Hunt,
and W. E. Browo, drug stores of J. B.
Humphrey, jewelry store of E. Rarthous,
Western Union telegraph office, doctors*
offices of W. E. Wheeler! C. A. Robinson
and W. 11. Buxretf, United States com¬
missioner's office, H. M. McCullough,
commission merchant, of Jarac* H. Mar¬
tin, dental office* of Drs. J. S. Hill, An¬
derson, Pokings Bros., and the saloon of
W. F. Struve. The amount of insurance
is not yet known.
Fruitless Balloting. J
A Washington special of Tueednjr
•ays: The senatorial situation remains
Nebraska unchanged and in Montana. Wyoming, Washington^
